Using repayment data to test across models of joint liability lending

Economic Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 517, 2007, Pages

  Ahlin, Christian ^a   Townsend, Robert M ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; MODELING;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 34249327295     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02014.x     Document Type: Article

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